William Henry DAVIS
1880 Census - Catahoula, LA
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Internet IGI, Oct 2008
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry World Tree
1850 Census Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, pg 78
1860 Census Pine Woods, Catahoula, Louisiana, Image 55
Internet IGI, Apr 2009
* Family Tradition and personal records of Carrie Perry 1850 Census Records AKA "Billy" Marriage records in Catahoula parish Book B page 4. *Birth and family information from 1850 Census film 9697 p78. State of Louisiana parish of Catahoula * Family Tradition and personal records of Carrie Perry 1850 Census Records AKA "Billy" Marriage records in Catahoula parish Book B page 4. *Birth and family information from 1850 Census film 9697 p78. State of Louisiana parish of Catahoula
Robert Lee Davis was a rice farmer until after WWI. At that time the rice market dropped out. Robert lost almost everything they had. They came and stayed with William Henry Davis. Also, Robert and wife Martha Jane Heard are buried 7 miles mostly south of Gueydan (pronounced gay don) on their farm. Per phone conversation between Kreg Davis and William Henry Davis during the fall of 1991. Robert Lee Davis was a rice farmer until after WWI. At that time the rice market dropped out. Robert lost almost everything they had. They came and stayed with William Henry Davis. Also, Robert and wife Martha Jane Heard are buried 7 miles mostly south of Gueydan (pronounced gay don) on their farm. Per phone conversation between Kreg Davis and William Henry Davis during the fall of 1991.
Buried in Forest Park Cemetery
Catahoula Parish was divided in 1910 and made into Catahoula Parish and La Salle Parish.
He married Elizabeth W. Hair 27 Dec 1865 at Catahoula, Louisiana . Elizabeth W. Hair was born at Jena, Catahoula, Louisiana 22 Jun 1843 daughter of Hansford Walton Hair and Emily Baker .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Sarah Emily Davis
born 24 Apr 1867.
Robert Lee Davis
born 18 May 1869.
Rebecca Melissa Davis
born 28 Aug 1870.
Alice Estelle Davis
born 28 Apr 1874.
Hansford Walton Davis
born 4 May 1876.
Ida May Davis
born 5 May 1880.
Viola Maude Davis
born 21 Mar 1882.
William Henry Davis died 1 Aug 1927 at Trout, La Salle, Louisiana .
Elizabeth W. Hair died 22 Aug 1907 at Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana .